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SELF OPENING GAN. y No. 321,948. Patented July 14,1885.

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'JAMES Cl BRiiTGN,

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Herinner linien eenoimen'rlon forming para of Lezioni enemieeieee. @we Juiylo, 1885. .immonet end .tern-'loathing modem .To @ZZ whom. it may conoerit Be it known t iet l, .lines C. linie-ron', oi Hertford, Connecticut, lieve invented n certain new and useful improvement in Self-Opening Cans, of which the following description. and oloixn constitute the speoiicetion, end wiiieh is illustrated by the eoeompenying sheet of. drawings.

This invention belongs to that oless ol cene ond with consequentincreased oixenpuees oi' production.

Figure l vof the drawings ie n perspective View of the can opened, Fig. 2 is n side ele yetion of the can closed. Fig. .3 is eroe?- eeotion of the left-hond wall and of the adjenent ports of the cover and tlio bottoni of the 2. Fig. et is a side elevation of e inodioetion of the con of 2. Fig, 5 is e ross-section of the rigllthond wall of the can of Fig. It and ol' tile ndjncent-pnrts of its cover audits bottoni. g

A is the body of i'lie een, inode oylindrionl in forro, and having the bend l5, extending ennl i'i periphery, and :feo lir'i the lower edge o, f body pe shown in Figo. 3 o.. E is ille bottom 'ol' 'tile ronde in tlie i'orm .I of e. disk, just large enough to lit withinjtlie flange il, and resting upon tlie shoulder C,

F is the corel' of the cnn, l't may be constructed in any Customary mode; but l lnnel) prefer to ineke it of one piene of metal by pressing.,r o. plein Vdisk into the desired forni with suitable dies.

G is e strip of p21-per, placed around the up per border of the bod-y of the @amend extend- 'ing from the neighborhood of its nearly to, the bead B.

H is n piece of sheet inetol, the upper part of which is soldered to the inside of the flange of the @over F, and the lower part of which is soldered to the outside of the body A, just below the bead P.

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l is narrow strip of Strong metal', preferably e. heli-round Wire, placed with its 'dat Side toward tliebodyfof the een. The unlooped end 'of that strip is soldered to one border of the outside of the piece H, and then the strip is soldered down to its place around the een end between the lower edge of the flange of the cover F and the upper side of the bead B, till it reaches the piece H again,

and is soldered 'to its other outside border. From tiret; point of soldering the residue of tlle'strip l, .including its looped end, is free, forming e ring to be clasped by the thumb J is n wider strip of strong sheet metal, Wliieli. niey oe used in place of 'the strip or ofiire.V en. it is employed7 the Space be- 'w tween the lower odge of the ienge of the cover Fond the upper side of the bend B is W'ide1 70 than itis when tbe strip l is used, and the' two lines of soldein M and' N are employed in place of the single line-L, which is venough to solder down tbe narrow strip-; 'W'hethor the Strip and foreiinger of the person opening the om. l

l or tile strip J is used,'tlie function of the pa- 75 per Strip G is to keep the solder from reaching the border of the body-of the ea-n at any lloint above the Strip I or the strip J, as the ense may be.

'This een is designed to be manufactured 8o complete, with the cover fastened on by the. emunio-lier in the manner shown and dew ined, to be furniehed to the cau-filler. n., that oondition, but with the'bottom E loose ed reinen-'nolo downward, end, after filling it, he plaees'the bottoni. l'l in its positiouon the shoulder-U, and then it ie solderedrnily there bythe line of Solder l.

When tbe een io to be opened, the opener go pieces its bottoni downward, and olasping the looped end' of the strip fl', or the ring' at' teoned to the strip J; are the ense may be, ahe pulls the encircling-strip off from around the The filler places the can top een, thus rupturing the solder which held it in place, and enabling theeover F to be raised,

ns shown in Fig. l, and to be turned upon the piece H ne upon o binge.

The bead B may be dispensed with; but I width of the opaco to be covered with the line prefer to employ it as a. ineens of lessening the lo@ lessened, if desired, by making the lower edge `0f the lzlnge of `the cover F Hare slightly outward, and thus cover a y prt of the outer sur- .'faeeof. the strip I. So, lso7 the piece H may be omitted; but in that euse the encircling metal strip must be soldered tothe body A and to theloweredge ofthe auge of the @over .F throughoutJ theirvrespeetxv'e eircumferenees,

The combination of ;t.he can body A, the @over F, the paper strip G, and the metal I5 strip I, the latter Vhavingts lower edge soldered to the body- A and its upper edge s01- dered to the vlower edge of the flange of Vthe cover F, and the strip G being located under the flange of the cover F und also under the 2o metal strip I, all substantially as described.

JAMES G. BRITTON. witnesses:

ALBERT H. W ALKER, MORGAN W. BEACH. 

